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Sponsored Chef Fabio Genghini takes over Portofino at Le Meridien Phuket for an Exclusive 2-week residency
Food lovers, prepare your taste buds for a gourmet Italian feast! From July 2 to 13, acclaimed Chef Fabio Genghini will take over Le Meridien Phuket’s beloved Italian restaurant, Portofino as a guest chef. It’s a chance for you to...
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Phuket Gazette world News: Italy issues 90 mafia arrest warrants, seizes pizza restaurants
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Italy issues 90 mafia arrest warrants, seizes pizza restaurants Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Italian police on Wednesday issued arrest warrants for 90 suspected members of a Naples mafia clan and seized assets worth millions of euros, including dozens of well-known pizza restaurants in Rome.One suspect, a 42-year-old…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Ukraine braces for street battles after Yanukovich talks fail
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Ukraine braces for street battles after Yanukovich talks fail Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Ukrainian opposition leaders emerged from crisis talks with President Viktor Yanukovich on Wednesday saying he had failed to give concrete answers to their demands, and told their supporters on the streets to prepare for…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Central African Republic children forced to commit atrocities – U.N.
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Central African Republic children forced to commit atrocities – U.N. Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: As many as 6,000 children in Central African Republic have been recruited by armed groups and forced to commit atrocities along religious lines in a conflict that is at high risk of spiralling…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Obama, Putin unite for Olympics security
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Obama, Putin discuss Olympics security in call Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed in a phone call on Tuesday how best to have a “safe and secure” Winter Olympics in Sochi, the White House said.Amid rising concerns about threats from…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Central African Republic names new leader, EU to send troops
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Central African Republic names new leader, EU to send troops Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Central African Republic lawmakers chose their capital’s mayor to become interim president on Monday and lead the country out of months of sectarian killings, as the European Union agreed to send in 500…
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Phuket Gazette World News: U.N. chief Ban withdraws Iran invite for Syria peace talks
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community U.N. chief Ban disinvites Iran from Syria peace talks Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon withdrew a last-minute invitation to Iran to attend peace talks on Syria on Monday after the Syrian opposition threatened to boycott this week’s conference if President Bashar al-Assad’s main sponsor…
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Phuket Gazette World News: UN chief invites Iran to Geneva 2, Syria opposition threatens to withdraw
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community UN chief invites Iran to Geneva 2, Syria opposition threatens to withdraw Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Syria’s political opposition said on Monday it will withdraw from international peace talks scheduled this week unless United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon retracts an invitation to Iran, President Bashar al-Assad’s main…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Quake measuring 6.3 strikes NZ’s north island
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Quake measuring 6.3 strikes NZ’s north island Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: An earthquake measuring 6.3 magnitude struck New Zealand’s north island on Monday, 63 km (40 miles) southeast of the town of Palmerston, the U.S. Geological Society said.The quake, at a depth of 29 km (18 miles),…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Protesters clash with police at large Ukraine rally
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Protesters clash with police at large Ukraine rally Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Protesters attacked riot police with sticks in Kiev on Sunday and tried to overturn a bus blocking their path to parliament, as up to 100,000 Ukrainians massed in defiance of sweeping new laws aimed at…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Up to 15, mostly foreigners, killed in Kabul suicide attack
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Up to 15, mostly foreigners, killed in Kabul suicide attack Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Up to 15 people, mostly foreigners, were killed on Friday when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a popular Lebanese restaurant in the Afghanistan capital of Kabul, police said.Islamist Taliban insurgents claimed…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Syria offers Aleppo truce as rebels argue over talks
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Syria offers Aleppo truce as rebels argue over talks Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: The Syrian government, preparing for peace talks with rebels next week, handed the Russian co-sponsors of the conference a proposal on Friday for a local ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners.There was no immediate…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Vatican grilled over scale of child sex abuse
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Vatican grilled over scale of child sex abuse Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: United Nations child protection experts pushed Vatican delegates on Thursday to reveal the scope of the decades-long sexual abuse of minors by Roman Catholic priests that Pope Francis called “the shame of the Church”.The delegates,…
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Phuket Gazette World News: NSA collects millions of text messages globally – Guardian
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community NSA collects millions of text messages globally – Guardian Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: The U.S. National Security Agency has been gathering nearly 200 million text messages a day from around the world, gathering data on people’s travel plans, contacts and credit card transactions, Guardian newspaper reported on…
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Phuket Gazette World News: World may have to suck gases from air to meet climate goals
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community World may have to suck gases from air to meet climate goals – U.N. Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Governments may have to extract vast amounts of greenhouse gases from the air by 2100 to achieve a target for limiting global warming, backed by trillion-dollar shifts towards clean…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Violences kills 75 in Iraq, PM seeks world’s support
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Violence kills 75 in Iraq, PM seeks world’s support Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Bomb attacks and shootings killed at least 75 people in Iraq on Wednesday, police and hospital sources said, making it one of the bloodiest days in months.In the deadliest incident, a bomb blew up…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Egypt voters overwhelmingly back constitution, say officials
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Egypt voters overwhelmingly back constitution, say officials Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Egyptians who voted in a referendum overwhelmingly approved a new constitution, official sources said, citing early results of a ballot that could set the stage for army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to declare his candidacy…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Mexico vigilantes refuse to lay down arms
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Mexico vigilantes refuse to lay down arms in troubled state Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Vigilante groups battling a powerful drug cartel in a troubled region of Mexico on Tuesday rejected a government call to lay down their arms, raising the risk of an increased security headache for…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Man shot dead over Lone Survivor texting
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Man shot dead at Florida theatre showing ‘Lone Survivor’ Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: A moviegoer shot and killed one person and wounded another on Monday when an argument over text messaging in a Florida theatre showing the hit new war film Lone Survivor erupted in gunfire, authorities…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Hong Kong confirms second death from H7N9 bird flu
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Hong Kong confirms second death from H7N9 bird flu Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: A 65-year-old man infected with the H7N9 bird flu virus has died in Hong Kong, the government said on Monday, the second such death in the city.The man, the third person in Hong Kong…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Nigerian leader signs anti-gay law
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Nigerian leader signs anti-gay law, drawing U.S. fire Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan signed a bill on Monday that criminalises same-sex relationships, defying Western pressure over gay rights and provoking criticism from the United States.The bill, which contains penalties of up to 14 years…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Russia says militants seized with bomb in south
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Russia says militants seized with bomb in south Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Five members of a banned militant group were arrested in southern Russia on Saturday and a homemade bomb packed with shrapnel was defused, in another security scare weeks before the Winter Olympics in Sochi.Islamist militants…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Turkish PM pushes judicial reforms after parliament punch-up
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Turkish PM pushes judicial reforms after parliament punch-up Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Sunday to forge ahead with judicial reforms which prompted a fist fight in parliament, denying he was trampling on the constitution as the government battles a damaging corruption…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Israelis pay last respects to warrior-statesman Sharon
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Israelis pay last respects to warrior-statesman Sharon Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s body lay in state on Sunday outside parliament in Jerusalem, where thousands of Israelis waited to bid farewell to the maverick warrior-statesman who reshaped the Middle East.Sharon died at the age…
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Phuket Gazette World News: French first lady in hospital after reports of Hollande affair
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community French first lady in hospital after reports of Hollande affair Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: French first lady Valerie Trierweiler has been admitted to hospital following reports of an affair between President Francois Hollande and an actress, but will be discharged on Monday, sources said on Sunday.The daily…
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Phuket Gazette World News: U.S. to withdraw diplomat from India as dispute festers
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community U.S. to withdraw diplomat from India as dispute festers Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: The United States said on Friday it would withdraw one of its diplomats from New Delhi at India’s request after Washington effectively expelled an Indian envoy at the centre of a dispute between the…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Celebrations in Central African Republic as leader resigns
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Celebrations in Central African Republic as leader resigns Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Central African Republic’s interim President Michel Djotodia caved in to international pressure and resigned on Friday after failing to halt inter-religious violence, drawing thousands onto the streets in celebration.The resignations of Djotodia and his Prime…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Falluja residents flee feared Iraq army assault
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Bewildered Falluja residents flee feared Iraq army assault Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Iraqis fleeing from Falluja question whether the masked gunmen who overran their city 10 days ago are really al Qaeda-linked militants as the government says, but fear their presence will draw a ferocious response from…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Fidel Castro, 87, makes rare public appearance
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Fidel Castro, 87, makes rare public appearance Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Former Cuban President Fidel Castro made a surprise appearance on Wednesday evening at the opening of a Havana cultural centre sponsored by one of his favourite Cuban artists.State television on Thursday broadcast images of Castro arriving…
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Phuket Gazette World News: India diplomat indicted, asked to leave U.S.
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community India diplomat indicted, asked to leave U.S. Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: The Indian diplomat whose arrest and strip-searching in New York caused a major rift between India and the United States was indicted for visa fraud on Thursday, and the U.S. government immediately asked her to leave…
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Phuket Gazette World News: U.N. wants inquiry into strikers’ deaths in Cambodia
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community U.N. wants inquiry into strikers’ deaths in Cambodia Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: The U.N. human rights agency urged Cambodia to launch an investigation into the “disproportionate” use of force by security forces last week against garment factory workers striking over pay.Military police opened fire on workers protesting…
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